The Black Stallion is a 1979 American film based on the 1941 classic children's novel The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a desert island, together with a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends. After being rescued, they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses. The film is adapted by Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg and William D. Wittliff. It is directed by Carroll Ballard. The movie stars Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Hoyt Axton, and the Arabian horse Cass Ole. The film features music by Carmine Coppola,... the father of Hollywood producer Francis Ford Coppola, who was the executive producer of the film. In 2002, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In the summer of 1946, Alec Ramsey is traveling aboard the steamer Drake off the coast of North Africa, when he sees a wild black stallion being heavily restrained by ropes leading to his halter and forced into a makeshift stable on the ship.
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| Release date: | October 13, 1979 |
| Directed by: | Carroll Ballard |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Fred Roos, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Sternberg |
| Editor: | Robert Dalva |
| Music by: | Carmine Coppola |
| Cinematography: | Caleb Deschanel |
| Screenplay by: | Walter Farley, Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff |
| Adapted from: | The black stallion |
| Genre: | Adventure |